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Contents: The Two Faces Of Indy (Is Jean Shepherd’s wry view of the Indy 500 merrymakers who watch the event and drivers who do the serious racing. Among the latter: A.J. Foyt, trying for an unprecedented fourth win); How To Find The Best Spot For Your Car’s CB (Here are some installation tips for mobile sets that are mounted in every conceivable place); Six Low-Cost Home Improvements You Can Make (Bathroom planter, laundry center, door chime, dimmer switch, timers and yard lamppost); Car Care Guide For 1976 (A big special section prepared by PM experts who answer our readers most-asked questions about car troubles); Bucking The Ice To Prudhoe Bay (The rugged, man-against-nature struggle to move vast oil-pipeline supplies through freezing Alaskan waters); Stay On Vacation All Summer With A Low-Cost Pool (Practical guidelines you should know when you’re buying an above-ground swimming pool) Special Section: 1976 Car Care Guide – Cover; Car Care Pays Off For Them: Over 100,000 Miles And Driving To A Million; Pinpointing Your Problem; The Story Behind The ’76 Car Care Guide; Section 1: Carburetors; Section 2: Ignition And Electrical Systems; Section 3: Bodies – Inside And Out; Section 4: Transmissions And Drive Train; Section 5: Starting Problems; Section 6: Suspension And Steering Problems; Section 7: Oil Problems; Section 8: Engines; Section 9: Brakes; Section 10: Heaters And Air Conditioning; Section 11: Exhaust Systems; Section 12: Cooling Systems; Section 13: Fuel Systems And Gasoline; Section 14: Tires; Section 15: Information Wanted Automobiles And Bikes – The PM Garage; Imports And Motorsports; Detroit Listening Post; The Two Faces Of Indy; PM Owners Report: Plymouth Volare And Dodge Aspen Science And Engineering – Bucking The Pack Ice To Prudhoe Bay; Our Newest Destroyer: Swift And Sneaky; Supertrees: More Wood For An Energy-Hungry World; The Bahamas: Beachcombing Paradise For Flying Explorers Home And Yard – Silent Fill Valve Replaces Float Ball In Toilet Tank; How To Keep Vegetarians Out Of Your Vegetable Patch; Stay On Vacation All Summer With A Low-Cost Pool; Six Low-Cost Home Improvements You Can Make Yourself; How To Add Light And Space With Dormers Worth Writing For – Looking For More Ideas And Information? See Page 198 Shop And Crafts – Shop Forge You Can Build; Build Your Own Fruit And Vegetable Dryer; Build This Quartet Of Nesting Tables; Tote Bookrack; Handy Drill-Press Shelf; Hints From Readers; Bumper-Pool Cue Rack Electronics, Radio, TV – How To Find The Best Spot For Your Car’s CB Photography – Coming: New Cameras That Focus For You; Photo Hints Boating, Outdoors – How To Camp Away From Campers; New Outdoor Gear Aviation – A Roughneck’s Best Friend Is A Noisy Yellow Bird – The Offshore Helicopter Letters – Letters; Science Worldwide; The Bicycle Shop; Appliance Clinic; It’s New Now; All Outdoors; Car Clinic; Homeowners’ Clinic
Issue: May 1976
Condition: Very Good